• intensely_human
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    1 month ago

    I did learn about the Native American genocide in school.

    Are there schools where this isn’t taught?

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      30 days ago

      NY, I definitely was taught this.

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      29 days ago

      I was taught it in New York, seems odd to omit it from American history. Wouldn’t surprise me if other states didn’t. Education is super politicized here.

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        28 days ago

        It’s not necessarily a topic that comes up every day, but I can’t think of a single time I’ve ever met a person who didn’t know about it. It’s never happened that someone has said “Wait what? What are you talking about?” when the genocide comes up.

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      Probably (definitely) state dependent.

      Also, for some stupidass reason we allowed Texas to be the arbiter of textbooks.

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      30 days ago

      States like Florida have been trying to remove such materials with varying levels of success.

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      30 days ago

      It took me an embarrassing long time to realize every single dipshit on this website that criticizes me “from the left”, is fully just a liberal. Posted up inside of a Democratic enclave in the US, who genuinely does not understand that their experience as an American might be somewhat unusual, or at least not an experience of the majority.

      Look beyond your own experiences, and learn something. You twit